Apeak Definition

ə-pēk
adjective
In a vertical or almost vertical position or direction.
Rowers holding their oars apeak.
American Heritage
adverb
In a vertical position.
Webster's New World

(nautical, of an anchor) In a vertical line, the cable having been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it.

Wiktionary

Origin of Apeak

  • Alteration of apike probably from French à pic à to (from Old French a) (from Latin ad- ad–) pic peak (from Old French)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • a- +‎ peak?

    From Wiktionary

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